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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fallcliff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fallcliff and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Fallcliff:
- 35.258989, -83.180422
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Fallcliff
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Fallcliff is near Macon County and also Swain County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Macon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swain County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Fallcliff
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fallcliff ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Gay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gay is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greens Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Creek
- Indian Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Place is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Place
- Love Field
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Love Field is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Field
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Pumpkintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pumpkintown is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkintown
- Speedwell
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Speedwell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
How Far From Fallcliff to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fallcliff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fallcliff and extending to:
- Sylva, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fallcliff to Raleigh, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,024 miles [11,304 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,901 miles [7,887.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fallcliff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Fallcliff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fallcliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2590, Longitude: -83.1804 In this case, the coordinates for Fallcliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.588 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.126 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.422 degrees. |
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